MonkeyLoo Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Yhe point is that the OPs friends debts are written off. And that will help ease his mind. The banks took the risk loaning him the money in the first place but thats another topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post monkeycountry Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 Why would or should anyone help someone who obviously does not care about anyone else and simply runs away from his problems (debt)? It sounds like he ended up with what he deserved (nothing)! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Debts become statute barred after 6 years in England and Wales and 5 years in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiping Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just curious, but can't the British Embassy help with such cases? No need for a whip around to pay for a one-way ticket home. No need to fund the 20K for overstay. If the British Embassy refuse to help their own citizens (I somehow doubt that), then I would go to Thai Immigration and explain I'm destitute on overstay - might end up in the pokey for a few weeks until the British gov are forced to do something. What does he expect - a holiday camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post N47HAN Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 7 years is the limit in the uk for credit card debt. But remember he doesn't owe the original bank anything. This would of been sold on to various debt collectors to attempt to collect payment. The bank would of sold the debt a long long time ago. Oh and I have more sympathy for the guy than i have in my little finger for banking system that make billions by overcharging and useing other peoples money to make the billion dollar profits. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app So are you condoning such behavior of " getting back at the banks?" so if every one will think and act like you think, what will be left of our banking system? could we ever be trusted by the banks again for any credit what so ever? You mean the same banks the uk tax payer bailed out for hundreds of millions of pounds ! I have no problem at all with what he did and ive paid the addional interest on loans ive totally repaid. Just wish id of done the same before arriving here many many years ago. And may I point out the money they lend is not theirs , its mine and many others that hold accounts in any given bank that have positive balances. I repeat they use mine and other peoples money for their own gains ! Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just curious, but can't the British Embassy help with such cases? No need for a whip around to pay for a one-way ticket home. No need to fund the 20K for overstay. If the British Embassy refuse to help their own citizens (I somehow doubt that), then I would go to Thai Immigration and explain I'm destitute on overstay - might end up in the pokey for a few weeks until the British gov are forced to do something. What does he expect - a holiday camp? The UK embassy will not help in any way financially to repatriate its citizens Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sustento Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 Just curious, but can't the British Embassy help with such cases? No need for a whip around to pay for a one-way ticket home. No need to fund the 20K for overstay. If the British Embassy refuse to help their own citizens (I somehow doubt that), then I would go to Thai Immigration and explain I'm destitute on overstay - might end up in the pokey for a few weeks until the British gov are forced to do something. What does he expect - a holiday camp? The British Embassy won't pay for his flight home. It's there to represent the British government in Thailand not act as a charity for the indolent and the stupid. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazydrummerpauly Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Im sorry cant help Banzai , i hope someone can . Please members lets not go after this guy about blowing his cash etc.etc. some positive advice would be nice just wish i could hand some out. Gl to your friend OP hope it turns out ok. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Why would you want to wish good luck to a common thief and fraudster. There is no badge of honour in screwing credit card companies for a debt that the rest of us honest citizens finish up paying for. People like this are irresponsible and the dregs of society. He must be very proud that after 63 years of his life he cannot afford a pot to p!ss in. He screwed up, of that, there is no doubt, but that's life. Do you know if there is a facility at Heathrow to help the people who return with nothing ? You seem to be a very soft-hearted person, which is to your credit of course. But reading your words...'that's life' - no it's not, it is His life. Second, your question about a 'FACILITY' to help people who return with nothing - what a weird idea that is. Why should there be such a 'facility' ? Do you think that the British electorate would vote for it if they were offered a referendum on it ? However, believe it or not i'm a softie as well, so my suggestion is an old-time one - the Salvation Army - use the 'net to find the nearest branch to Heathrow. I subscribe to them financially - not much, but it helps a bit. Wishing him a lot of luck - he's going to need it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix1312 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 7 years is the limit in the uk for credit card debt. But remember he doesn't owe the original bank anything. This would of been sold on to various debt collectors to attempt to collect payment. The bank would of sold the debt a long long time ago. Oh and I have more sympathy for the guy than i have in my little finger for banking system that make billions by overcharging and useing other peoples money to make the billion dollar profits. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app So are you condoning such behavior of " getting back at the banks?" so if every one will think and act like you think, what will be left of our banking system? could we ever be trusted by the banks again for any credit what so ever? He deliberately fraud end the banks with the thought he would never go back. Well he has his Karma now and failed in Thailand as well. Karma's a bitch. No sympathy here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 The guy was 45 when he came to Thailand. What's he lived on for 18 years? Even if he had 10 credit cards (unlikely) and got say 5,000 quid (unlikely) off each one, that's not going to stretch anywhere near 18 years. He can't have worked here if he's had no visa or work permit. And he sounds like the sort of chap who will have dilligently renewed his passport...not. I think he should go live under the OP's bridge with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotary Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I thought if it was fraud on credit cards there was no time limit? Now if it was a case of got in over your head I think there is a limit but out right fraud like charging all cards to max then running off they might still come get him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 7 years is the limit in the uk for credit card debt. But remember he doesn't owe the original bank anything. This would of been sold on to various debt collectors to attempt to collect payment. The bank would of sold the debt a long long time ago. Oh and I have more sympathy for the guy than i have in my little finger for banking system that make billions by overcharging and useing other peoples money to make the billion dollar profits. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app So are you condoning such behavior of " getting back at the banks?" so if every one will think and act like you think, what will be left of our banking system? could we ever be trusted by the banks again for any credit what so ever? He deliberately fraud end the banks with the thought he would never go back. Well he has his Karma now and failed in Thailand as well. Karma's a bitch. No sympathy here. And herein lies your Karma. Sure he f..k up . But hey hes 63 destitute and gona be living his last days on this earth complety alone and ucked . But hey cant forget the banks , we should feel so sorry them and let this guy spend his last days fuked up. Hey before he came chances are he paid into the uk tens of thousands of pounds in tax and vat etc etc. Hed have more chance if he was a east european. Free housing free, cash, etc etc. Rant Over Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Jail time for this character is long overdue... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsy Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Maybe he could earn some money by doing a few lecture tours as an inspirational key note speaker....bahhahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceN Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I think he would be better to fake a heart attack and go to hospital than jail. Or become mentally unstable and get a nice bed in a home with a garden view. Or go out in style...stand in middle of piccadilly naked and run around shouting I've got a big bomb up my arrse... I'm not familiar with that "style." Whom do you think would be impressed? Unless you meant he really would be concealing the bomb . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 7 years is the limit in the uk for credit card debt. But remember he doesn't owe the original bank anything. This would of been sold on to various debt collectors to attempt to collect payment. The bank would of sold the debt a long long time ago. Oh and I have more sympathy for the guy than i have in my little finger for banking system that make billions by overcharging and useing other peoples money to make the billion dollar profits. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app So are you condoning such behavior of " getting back at the banks?" so if every one will think and act like you think, what will be left of our banking system? could we ever be trusted by the banks again for any credit what so ever? He deliberately fraud end the banks with the thought he would never go back. Well he has his Karma now and failed in Thailand as well. Karma's a bitch. No sympathy here. And herein lies your Karma. Sure he f..k up . But hey hes 63 destitute and gona be living his last days on this earth complety alone and ucked . But hey cant forget the banks , we should feel so sorry them and let this guy spend his last days fuked up. Hey before he came chances are he paid into the uk tens of thousands of pounds in tax and vat etc etc. Hed have more chance if he was a east european. Free housing free, cash, etc etc. He has exactly the same rights to benefits as any other EU citizen so don't start swinging that lamp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thats where you are completley wrong. I suggest you understand the laws regarding uk expats and foreign (eu) citizens. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) Thats where you are completley wrong. I suggest you understand the laws regarding uk expats and foreign (eu) citizens. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Evidence please? Links to a government website that demonstrates these laws please? If he goes back to the UK then he is no longer an expat and the same laws apply to him as apply to all other EU citizens living in the UK. Edited April 28, 2014 by sustento 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whooshbang Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) http://www.heathrowairport.com/heathrow-airport-guide/services-and-facilities/social-care Social care - Heathrow Travelcare Heathrow Travel Care is the airport social work team based in Terminal 3. They offer advice and assistance to a wide variety of distressed and vulnerable people at Heathrow including: those experiencing mental health concerns homelessness forced marriage deportation repatriation They receive referrals from the airport and airlines, as well as external organisations across the United Kingdom and worldwide. Heathrow Travel Care is also an established and trusted stakeholder within the emergency planning structure at the airport. For more information please refer to the Travel Care brochure (3MB). Referrals can be made in person or by a referring agency and contact details can be found below or at heathrowtravelcare.co.uk Contact details Room 142, North WingTerminal 3Heathrow AirportHounslowTW6 1BZ Telephone: +44 (0)20 8745 7495Fax: +44 (0)20 8745 4161 Edited April 28, 2014 by whooshbang 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N47HAN Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thats where you are completley wrong. I suggest you understand the laws regarding uk expats and foreign (eu) citizens. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Evidence please? Links to a government website that demonstrates these laws please? If he goes back to the UK then he is no longer an expat and the same laws apply to him as apply to all other EU citizens living in the UK. Please , really.... Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 from what i read destroy all documentation and claim refugee status Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Munchkinboss44 Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 I feel for this guy, take the ticket and the 20.000 baht overstay, arrive back in the UK there is help for people in his posistion, listen I have been stuck out here for 18months came out here with promises being made by a cousin of mine, promises were not kept, so have been stuck up here in Issan and I am a Women all alone, thank goodness for the amamzing Issan people who have fed me and taken care, I have had the most amamzing experience, more than any Farang Women could imagine, I am nearly 60, at last raised the money for my overstay and a ticket out of here, I have no one or nowhere to go but I am leaving on 6th May, tell him to take this and get back to the UK as for his credit cards etc after 7years it will be wiped off, he is still young enough to return and start again as long as he doesn't hit the bottle................. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thats where you are completley wrong. I suggest you understand the laws regarding uk expats and foreign (eu) citizens. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Evidence please? Links to a government website that demonstrates these laws please? If he goes back to the UK then he is no longer an expat and the same laws apply to him as apply to all other EU citizens living in the UK. Please , really.... So you have no evidence then? What you post is hearsay without evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whooshbang Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I feel for this guy, take the ticket and the 20.000 baht overstay, arrive back in the UK there is help for people in his posistion, listen I have been stuck out here for 18months came out here with promises being made by a cousin of mine, promises were not kept, so have been stuck up here in Issan and I am a Women all alone, thank goodness for the amamzing Issan people who have fed me and taken care, I have had the most amamzing experience, more than any Farang Women could imagine, I am nearly 60, at last raised the money for my overstay and a ticket out of here, I have no one or nowhere to go but I am leaving on 6th May, tell him to take this and get back to the UK as for his credit cards etc after 7years it will be wiped off, he is still young enough to return and start again as long as he doesn't hit the bottle................. Help in the UK awaits, please use these services: http://www.heathrowairport.com/heathrow-airport-guide/services-and-facilities/social-care Good Luck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABCer Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) I am just curious: wouldn't his life be better in Thailand, than back in England? This is a genuine question. No bashing is needed as I am not from England. Edited April 28, 2014 by ABCer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchkinboss44 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I have spoken and dealt with the British Embassy in Bangkok if you can raise the money they will book your ticket back to the UK, on the day of returning you turn up at the IDC with your flight ticket money and 11.800baht for your visa overstay then they escort you to the aiport as a deportee, this I know 100%, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post car720 Posted April 28, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2014 Im sorry cant help Banzai , i hope someone can . Please members lets not go after this guy about blowing his cash etc.etc. some positive advice would be nice just wish i could hand some out. Gl to your friend OP hope it turns out ok. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Why would you want to wish good luck to a common thief and fraudster. There is no badge of honour in screwing credit card companies for a debt that the rest of us honest citizens finish up paying for. People like this are irresponsible and the dregs of society. He must be very proud that after 63 years of his life he cannot afford a pot to p!ss in. It is no crime to steal from a thief. The biggest thieves in the world are insurance companies and they are owned by banks who own credit card companies. The rest of us had to prop them up for a global financial crisis that they caused but nobody denegrated them and call them the dregs of the earth. For all you know this poor bastard fought for your freedom to speak such garbage. Where is your compassion and honour? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsxrnz Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) I feel for this guy, take the ticket and the 20.000 baht overstay, arrive back in the UK there is help for people in his posistion, listen I have been stuck out here for 18months came out here with promises being made by a cousin of mine, promises were not kept, so have been stuck up here in Issan and I am a Women all alone, thank goodness for the amamzing Issan people who have fed me and taken care, I have had the most amamzing experience, more than any Farang Women could imagine, I am nearly 60, at last raised the money for my overstay and a ticket out of here, I have no one or nowhere to go but I am leaving on 6th May, tell him to take this and get back to the UK as for his credit cards etc after 7years it will be wiped off, he is still young enough to return and start again as long as he doesn't hit the bottle................. Welcome, Oh exhaulted member of 18 minutes ago. Stuck in Isaan for 18 months and it's taken you this long to find TV, and your first post describes yourself as being in the same boat as the fictitious character in the OP. Shame on you. Talk about the OP and his shadow!! Back to the bridge!! Edited April 28, 2014 by Gsxrnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munchkinboss44 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 May be but in the uk they will help you...... There a places to go and seek help and aid, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 I am just curious: wouldn't his life be better in Thailand, than back in England? This is a genuine question. No bashing is needed as I am not from England. There is no benefits system for expats in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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